Chapter 853: European best player

UEFA’s establishment of the annual European Player of the Year is somewhat suspected of fighting against FIFA’s Golden Globe Awards.
After FIFA’s World Footballer, merged with the European Ballon d'Or in the French newspaper, there was almost no player selection in Europe, so it is only natural for UEFA to launch the European Player of the Year award in due course.
It's just that this is a bit of a rush to give FIFA eye drops.
However, in the final analysis, FIFA should have been accustomed to this thorn.
In order to distinguish it from the FIFA Golden Globe Awards, the selection process for the European Player of the Year award is divided into two rounds.
The first round of voting was based on football reporters from the 54 member states, each of whom submitted a three-person list and selected the three players with the highest scores to enter the second round of voting.
This year, Ibrahimovic has the highest score, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, and finally Neuer.
At this point, Yang Huan had to say with emotion that the goalkeeper was at a loss.
Otherwise, relying on Neuer's main goalkeeper for the world championship and the main goalkeeper for the UEFA Champions League, these two titles are enough to qualify for the best player in Europe.
It's also a pity that Tonick Ross, he should also have the opportunity to get this award.
Different from the FIFA Golden Globe Awards, the second round of voting for the best European players is conducted by on-site electronic voting. The reporters who participated in the first round of voting select one of three people.
As for who it will be, no one is sure before the vote.
This is also the biggest suspense in the selection of the best European players.
Because of the live broadcast, UEFA also specially arranged the voting after the draw ceremony in time.
This made Yang Huan have the urge to swear.
In the lottery session, the first announcement was the division of the thirty-two teams.
Southampton, as the Champions League new material champion, entered the first seeded team in the group stage.
Interestingly, Atletico Madrid and Benfica also belong to the first team.
This was really not because Yang Huan made the move, but because their points were enough.
Switzerland’s Basel entered the second gear, Ajax’s third gear, and after years of absence, Monaco, who returned to the Champions League, Belgium’s Anderlecht, and Bragg Spar, who eliminated their opponents in the qualifying rounds Da, it is in fourth gear.
The classification is mainly based on the European war points to rank, so there is no room for a little tricky.
But there is a saying that is quite right, it is better to draw lots as well as to divide the files.
When Southampton was divided into groups, it was assigned to Group G. As a result, during the draw, Schalke 04 of the Bundesliga was drawn to the second-tier team, and Sporting Lisbon was the fourth-tier team. The file was drawn to Maribor, Slovenia, and luck was good.
In fact, when it comes to drawing lots, there is one detail that is not much noticed.
Many people like to say that it is tricky, which may be a little bit, but in fact, there are really not many options for drawing lots.
Just like Southampton, as a Premier League team, Manchester City in second gear and Liverpool in third gear can't be drawn.
And the second-tier team drew Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, so the third-tier Leverkusen would not be drawn.
As for the fourth gear, among the eight teams, the real strengths are Monaco and Roma.
But if you choose two from eight, you can imagine the probability.
Atletico Madrid had good luck and were assigned to Group A. Their opponents are Juventus Olympiacos and Malmo.
Basel is more unlucky. Although it is a team in the second group, it has encountered Real Madrid and Liverpool in the third gear.
On the contrary, Monaco, who was in the fourth gear, had some bad luck, and it was drawn to Porto St. Petersburg Zenit and Leverkusen. This should be considered the best luck in the fourth gear.
As for Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Athletic Bilbao and Borisov, are not weak.
Ajax was unluckily assigned to a group with Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, fighting for the third place goal in the league almost from the beginning.
Looking at the eight teams, if you want to say bad luck, then the most bad luck must be Bayern Munich.
As a seeded team, Bayern Munich drew Manchester City in the second gear, CSKA Moscow in the third gear, and Rome in Serie A in the fourth gear. The four teams are very strong and can be called the death group.
As soon as the results of the draw were announced, there was an uproar at the scene, and everyone was talking.
I totally expected that tomorrow, all the newspapers must be published, and there must be another conspiracy theory.
"Man City is really unlucky"
Peter Kenyon shook his head and smiled bitterly after seeing the result of the draw.
Who said no?
Yang Huan also smiled, "Last season in the Champions League group stage, Manchester City also met Bayern Munich and CSKA. As a result, Manchester City broke through and advanced from the group stage."
Speaking of this, Yang Huan laughed, "According to the conspiracy theory, it should be UEFA watching the undead Manchester City last season. This season is getting worse. In addition to Bayern Munich and CSKA, there will be another Roma. I don’t believe it. Do you want to kill Manchester City"
Peter Kenyon also laughed, and Master Huan's words were really paparazzi.
But it's right to think about it, such a bizarre draw result is indeed very easy to evoke imagination.
"It's harder, but with Manchester City's strength, it should be no problem to break through the group stage."
As the Premier League team, Manchester City is really strong and the lineup is really strong. If the group fails to qualify, then Pellegrini may have to dismiss get out of class.
Yang Huan nodded, "Rome and CSKA can't stop Manchester City. The key question is whether they are first in the group or second in the group, which determines how far Manchester City can go."
Peter Kenyon very much supports this statement.
Regardless of group number one and group number two, there seems to be little difference, but in fact, the difference has gone.
According to the current rules, the team reached the top 16 knockout stage, and the team encountered other teams first.
Then look at what team are the top teams in those groups?
Real Madrid Barcelona Southampton Bayern Munich...
Let alone Manchester City, who has the confidence to win against these teams?
Therefore, in Yang Huan's view, the current crux of Manchester City is not precisely the team's knockout competitiveness, but the ability to grab points in the group stage.
"However, it is unlucky to speak of. In recent years, Manchester City seems to have encountered strong teams in the group stage." Yang Huan chuckled a little gloatingly.
From Real Madrid at the beginning to Bayern Munich now, Manchester City have encountered many enemies in the group stage.
Peter Kenyon also smiled slightly, "In fact, the main reason is that Manchester City lacks European war accumulation."
"Yes, if they accumulate a year or two in the Europa League, the European war points will go up and enter the UEFA Champions League, naturally they will not always be ranked in third and fourth gears, then the group stage draw will be much better. Up."
Theoretically speaking, the third and fourth gears are bound to meet the tyrannical, but the strength is high or low.
On the other hand, Southampton successfully defended the UEFA Europa League two seasons before and earned enough points in the European War. Once it took a certain advantage in the division, it won the Champions League last season and naturally avoided other giants. .
After the end of the Champions League group stage draw, the award ceremony also continued.
Platini took the votes of the reporters and walked onto the podium with a smile.
The UEFA president is always very good at grasping every opportunity to appear in the public. Perhaps this is the first element that a good candidate must have.
"I just got the result of the best European player voted by all reporters on the scene."
Hearing Platini's words, everyone below suddenly felt their hearts.
Yang Huan followed with a solemn expression, he was very concerned about who was able to win this award?
"The result is in my hands." Platini smiled and raised the answer in his hand. This almost caused many people on the scene to spray. You damn, can you stop lingering and just click, okay?
Perhaps it was the protests of many people below, or Platini's own conscience discovered that he decided not to drag the show. Anyway, he quickly opened the results in his hands and shouted into the microphone with a smile, "Get From the 2013 to 2014 season, the best European player is..."
Everyone below held their breath for a while, waiting to hear the final answer.
"...From Southampton..."
When Yang Huan heard it, his heart jumped, not Cristiano Ronaldo?
From Southampton, is it Neuer?
Looking at the past, the German door is also excited now, and he must think it is him.
But the UEFA president who was very unethical on the stage turned his head, "...Now playing for Paris Saint-Germain, Zlatan Ibrahimovic"
After speaking, he burst into laughter, "Let’s congratulate Zlatan, he won the best European player."
The audience was in an uproar.
Then there was a burst of applause.
Almost everyone stood up and applauded for Ibrahimovic.
Ibrahimović, who was sitting in the Paris Saint-Germain area, also stood up, hugged the management and teammates of Paris Saint-Germain around and accepted their congratulations.
Later, when he left the area and was about to step onto the stage, he ran to Southampton, took the initiative to hug Neuer and other Saints' teammates, and finally came to Yang Huan.
"Thank you, Master Huan" Ibrahimovic gave Yang Huan a heavy bear hug.
"No, no need" Yang Huan struggled a bit.
Niangxipi's, can we stop trying so hard?
Ibrahimović ran up to the podium with a smile, took the trophy from Platini's hand, and looked at it for a while before walking to the microphone.
"Here, I have to thank all the friends who supported and voted for me, my family, my agent, and everyone who helped me. But the thing I want to thank most is Southampton, and Master Huan"
There was a burst of thunderous applause.
Ibrahimović always feels cold and arrogant. He often has conflicts with his old club. This is the case in Ajax Juventus and Barcelona. But now, it is not easy to take the initiative to thank Southampton. .
This shows that he is really mature.
"I still remember that four years ago, when I was at the worst of my career, I almost didn't have a ball to play. It was Master Huan who found me. He told me, come to the saints. Let's make a career together. ."
Speaking of this, Ibrahimović’s face showed a sorrowful smile~EbookFREE.me~ I didn't believe it at first, you know, this kind of fooling can only deceive children"
Everyone fell down for a while, unexpectedly, this guy still has such humorous cells.
"But, later, I believed"
"When I decided to join Southampton, I told myself that it was a gamble with my life. I believe in Master Huan, believe in the saints, and believe that we can create brilliance together."
"Four years later, I am standing here and I am very proud because I did it"
"I am also very proud, because I chose the saints"
Having said this, Ibrahimović suddenly pointed to Yang Huan and smiled: "Master Huan, I can have today, thanks to you, I sincerely hope that my career will end in a saint. Because you said, a saint for a day, a saint for life"
Having said that, Ibrahimovic
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